Al Baker Autograph

James Albert London Baker (born December 9, 1956), nicknamed "Bubba", is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) from 1978 to 1990. He played college football for the Colorado State Rams. He was named to three Pro Bowls and was the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. More about Al Baker

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Baker, a graduate of Weequahic High School in Newark, New Jersey and Colorado State University, was selected in the second round of the 1978 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. Listed as 6-6 and 250 pounds, he combined speed and strength.

He made his mark early as he recorded 23 sacks (an unofficial stat at that time) his rookie year, with five sacks in a single game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played for the Lions for five seasons, starting 66 of 67 games. In his last season with the Lions, 1982, when sacks became an official statistic, he totaled 8.5 in only nine games. He also had two career interceptions with the Lions. During his career with the Lions he unofficially totaled 75.5 sacks including a record 23 sacks in 1978, 16 in 1979, 18 in 1980 and 10 in 1981, which are the franchise's top three all-time, single-season sack efforts. It also ranks as one of the highest for the first five years of a player in football history. He was one of the anchors of the "Silver Rush", Detroit's defensive line from 1978 to 1982, which consisted of Baker, Doug English, William Gay, and Dave Pureifory; the group set the franchise record for sacks. In 2021, Baker was listed as the NFL's unofficial all-time single-season sack leader due to Pro Football Reference adding sack statistics from 1960 to 1981, the year before the stat became official. Baker recorded 23 sacks as a rookie in 1978 with the Detroit Lions, topping the official record of 22.5 sacks by Michael Strahan and T. J. Watt. He ranks among the NFL's career sack leaders, with 65.5 official and 131 unofficial sacks to make him one of 62 players in the "100 Sack Club". Read even more about Al Baker at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Al Baker

In total, we tracked 0 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Al Baker (1979 Topps Al Baker RC Rookie #75 Auto Autograph PSA/DNA Certified Pop 1 Lions) was sold in October 2023 for $150.00 while the cheapest item (Al Baker Signed 16x20 Photo - TRISTAR - Arizona Cardinals - NFL) found a new owner for $0.99 in September 2015. The month with the most items sold (2) was July 2010 with an average selling price of $1.12 for an autographed item of Al Baker. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2017 with $19.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.12 was July 2010.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Al Baker were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnailAl Baker (1906-1982) signed album cut on a 3x5$3.00logo
thumbnailAl Baker 1938 Red Sox Signed 3x5 d1982 0-0 7 2/3 Inn$3.27logo
thumbnailAL BAKER 3X5 signed card (1938) Boston Red Sox - only played in three games$7.00logo
thumbnailAl Baker signed 3x5 card D82 1938 Red Sox$0.99logo
thumbnailAl Baker signed 3x5 card D82 1938 Red Sox$1.25logo
thumbnailAl Baker signed baseball index card 1906-1982$19.00logo
thumbnailFourteen 14 Al Baker Signed Index 3x5 Cards Baseball Player AUTOGRAPHS SL$6.50logo
thumbnailSigned 3x5 - AL BAKER (d.1982, Boston Red Sox)$15.50logo

Latest News about Al Baker

MLB rumors: Kevan Graves, Pete Putila added to Giants' GM search (11/07/19): Baker and Pulita are added to a small group of candidates vying for the Giants' GM opening.

Al Baker and Clark counter US carrier subsidy allegations (03/05/15): The heads of Emirates Airline and Qatar Airways have strongly defended their airlines against allegations of large government subsidies leveled at them by the three big US carriers. read more